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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

bd_e141af9c69650ae5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 23, 2018

Filed

Apr 20, 2020

To disclose

20 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) notified individuals of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to email accounts containing PII. SVCF's IT department detected suspicious activity on August 23, 2018. In December 2019, SVCF discovered a shared mailbox used for scholarship information was also accessed. Data included names, addresses, photos, passport numbers, driver's license numbers, and school records. SVCF reported the incident to law enforcement and provided one year of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 months / 606 days

Aug 23, 2018

Discovered

Apr 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+78 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGApr 20 · first
California State AGApr 20 · first
Massachusetts State AGApr 20 · first
Montana State AGApr 20 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 20 (IN), last Apr 25 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.